An ab initio study of some heterocyclic 6π-carbenes

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 149-152

  Sauers, Ronald R ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; OXAZOLE DERIVATIVE; THIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; DRUG STRUCTURE; THEORY;

EID: 0030070994     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0040-4039(95)02119-1     Document Type: Article

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